Myzopoda schliemanni

Goodman, Rakotondraparany, & Kofoky, 2007

Western Sucker-footed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Myzopodidae
Genus : Myzopoda

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Goodman, S.M., Rakotondraparany, F. and Kofoky, A. 2007-03. The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar. Mammalian Biology 72(2):65-81.

Original name as described

Myzopoda schliemanni

Other common names

Schliemann's Sucker-footed Bat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:177327

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Province de Mahajanga [Parc National d'Ankarafantsika], SF [Station Forestière] d'Ampijoroa, Jardin Botanique A, 16°19.4'S, 46°48.4'E, 160 m," Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Goodman, S. M., Rakotondraparany, F., & Kofoky, A. (2007). The description of a new species of Myzopoda (Myzopodidae: Chiroptera) from western Madagascar. Mammalian Biology, 72(2), 65-81.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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